Actual and intended growth in family firms and non-family-owned firms: are they different? [PDF]
Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 2017 PurposeDrawing on the motivation theory and family business literature, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of family effect in growth behaviour of small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK.Design/methodology/approachThe authors first compare the actual and expected growth of family and non-family-owned SMEs. The authors
George Saridakis +3 more
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Open Innovation in Family-Owned Firms
Italian Economic JournalThis paper investigates the impact of family ownership on firms’ adoption of open innovation strategies. Using data from the VIII UniCredit “Survey on small and medium-sized enterprises”, we find that family ownership is positively and significantly ...
Valentina Peruzzi
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Family firm culture’s influence on socioemotional wealth and financial performance in single-family-owned food processing firms [PDF]
African Business Management JournalWhile family business studies on socioemotional wealth and family-owned firms’ financial performance are growing globally, most have focused on European, Asian and American family firms, where economic and cultural changes have altered traditional ...
Galinoma Lubawa, Saganga Mussa Kapaya
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Auditors’ characteristics and timeliness of listed family-owned firms in Nigeria [PDF]
Contabilitate şi Informatică de GestiuneResearch question: What are the effects of auditors’ characteristics on timeliness of financial reporting among listed family-owned firms in Nigeria?
Rachael Modupe Gbadamosi +1 more
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Performance of family-owned firms: the impact of gender at the management level [PDF]
Journal of Family Business Management, 2019 Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of gender (F/M), at the management level, on the family company’s performance. Design/methodology/approach Company size, age, region and business sector were used as control variables in order
E. Félix, D. David
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Digital transformation in family-owned Mittelstand firms: A dynamic capabilities perspective
European Journal of Information Systems, 2021 Digital technologies are increasingly affecting industries worldwide in many ways. Although the adoption of digital technologies by firms has been studied extensively from a technical point of view, previous research lacks insight into the managerial ...
Jonas Soluk, Nadine H. Kammerlander
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TOWARDS A CLASSIFICATION OF FAMILY-OWNED CONSTRUCTION FIRMS IN GHANA
European Journal of Management and Marketing Studies, 2021 The Ghanaian construction industry predominated by family-owned construction firms has established its dominant impact on economic development, albeit unstructured. This literature review is to dissect extant literature bringing out the uniqueness of the
Che Andrews Anzagira +2 more
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The Transformation of Family-Owned Enterprises into Design-Intensive Firms
Forum Scientiae OeconomiaThis study examines how family-led small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with little or no design experience are transforming into design-intensive firms.
Satoru Goto
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Board Gender Diversity and Firm Performance: Evidence from Family-Owned Firms in India
Indonesian Journal of Sustainability Accounting and Management, 2022 This study investigates the impact of board gender diversity (BGD) on firm performance (FP) for family-owned Indian firms. To do so, this study selects a sample of the 75 top-listed family-owned firms for a period of 5 years.
Rupjyoti Saha, Santi Gopal Maji
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Which formula for corporate risk-taking around the world? Exploring happiness as the “black box” [PDF]
Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies, 2022 Purpose – This paper examines how the degree of happiness affects corporate risk-taking and the moderating influence of family ownership of firms on this relationship.
Thao Phuong Tran, Anh-Tuan Le
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